GWX: 1939 Flotilla I patrol grids

nemchenk · 06-16-10, 03:02 AM

This might be better-placed in the mod forum, but since it is more of a general question at the moment I decided to post it here...

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I was getting a bit fed up being sent to the east coast of England and Scotland in my Type II, and never anywhere else. So I had a quick look around, and it seems data/Cfg/Flotilla.cfg is the file I am looking for -- is this right?

In that file we have lines like "Aug0000=AN26" which appear to specify 5 patrol grids per flotilla per month -- is one of those chosen at random each patrol? Can there be more than five?

Finally, using uboat.net, I had a quick look yesterday at where Flotilla I boats were patroling in Aug/Sep/Oct 1939, and while perhaps 50% of the patrols were indeed the east coast of England and Scotland, there were also many patrols to the Baltic, the Kategatt/Skagerrak, to points off Norway, and the eastern Channel approaches.

Would there be any interest in using uboat.net to work out just where boats were being sent and redo the campaign assignments that way? For example, if out of 20 patrols in Sep 1939 5 were to the Baltic, we make sure that there is a 25% of getting a Baltic grid in the game.

Thoughts?

06-16-10, 03:02 AM	#1
nemchenk Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 69 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	GWX: 1939 Flotilla I patrol grids This might be better-placed in the mod forum, but since it is more of a general question at the moment I decided to post it here... ... I was getting a bit fed up being sent to the east coast of England and Scotland in my Type II, and never anywhere else. So I had a quick look around, and it seems data/Cfg/Flotilla.cfg is the file I am looking for -- is this right? In that file we have lines like "Aug0000=AN26" which appear to specify 5 patrol grids per flotilla per month -- is one of those chosen at random each patrol? Can there be more than five? Finally, using uboat.net, I had a quick look yesterday at where Flotilla I boats were patroling in Aug/Sep/Oct 1939, and while perhaps 50% of the patrols were indeed the east coast of England and Scotland, there were also many patrols to the Baltic, the Kategatt/Skagerrak, to points off Norway, and the eastern Channel approaches. Would there be any interest in using uboat.net to work out just where boats were being sent and redo the campaign assignments that way? For example, if out of 20 patrols in Sep 1939 5 were to the Baltic, we make sure that there is a 25% of getting a Baltic grid in the game. Thoughts?